North Coast and Cumbraes (ward)
North Coast and Cumbraes was one of the nine wards used to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007 following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements, the ward elected four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. As a result of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the ward was abolished in 2022.
| North Coast and Cumbraes | |
|---|---|
| North Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of North Coast and Cumbraes in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022. | |
| Electorate | 13,596 (2017) |
| Major settlements | Largs Millport |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame North |
| Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | North Ayrshire and Arran |
| 2007–2022 | |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Replaced by | North Coast |
| Created from | Kilbirnie North Largs East Largs North and Skelmorlie Largs South and Fairlie Largs West and Cumbrae |
The ward was a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold as the part held half the seats between 2007 and 2017. Both Labour and the Conservatives also returned one councillor at each election.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alan Hill (SNP) |
Bobby Rae (SNP) |
Alex Gallagher (Labour) |
Elisabethe Marshall (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Alex McLean (SNP) |
Tom Marshall (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2014 | Grace McLean (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Ian Murdoch (Ind.) | |||||||
Election results
2017 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Marshall (incumbent) | 37.0 | 2,686 | ||||||
| SNP | Alan Hill (incumbent) | 19.4 | 1,406 | 1,450 | 1,451 | ||||
| Labour | Alex Gallagher (incumbent) | 16.0 | 1,160 | 1,461 | |||||
| SNP | Grace McLean (incumbent) | 14.8 | 1,075 | 1,091 | 1,091 | 1,092 | 1,112 | ||
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 11.0 | 801 | 1,110 | 1,113 | 1,113 | 1,272 | 1,767 | |
| Independent | Johnny McCloskey | 1.7 | 124 | 239 | 241 | 241 | |||
| Electorate: 13,596 Valid: 7,252 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,451 Turnout: 54.2% | |||||||||
2014 by-election
SNP councillor Alex McLean died on 1 August 2014.[3] A by-election was held on 30 October 2014 and was won by his widow Grace McLean, also of the SNP.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Grace McLean | 38.7% | 2,021 | 2,045 | 2,156 | 2,279 | 2,966 | |
| Independent | Drew Cochrane | 22.8% | 1,190 | 1,234 | 1,411 | 2,000 | ||
| Conservative | Toni Dawson | 21.5% | 1,125 | 1,174 | 1,296 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Reid | 13.2% | 691 | 711 | ||||
| UKIP | Meilan Henderson | 3.6% | 192 | |||||
| Valid: 5,219 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 2,610 Turnout: 5,264 (37.46%) | ||||||||
2012 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Alan Hill (incumbent) | 27.40 | 1,705 | ||||||
| Labour | Alex Gallagher (incumbent) | 18.38 | 1,144 | 1,167.5 | 1,197.2 | 1,281.9 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Marshall | 18.37 | 1,143 | 1,161.3 | 1,173.7 | 1,176.7 | 1,182.6 | 1,599.7 | |
| SNP | Alex McLean † | 17.52 | 1,090 | 1,441.8 | |||||
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 16.34 | 1,017 | 1,050.5 | 1,103.5 | 1,126.9 | 1,137.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | James Anderson | 1.99 | 124 | 128.6 | 137.5 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,226 Valid: 6,223 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,245 Turnout: 6,320 (47.05%) | |||||||||
2007 election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Alan Hill | 2,357 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Alex Gallagher | 1,549 | 19.8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Elisabethe Marshall | 1,007 | 12.9 | 3 | 7 | |
| Conservative | Tom Marshall | 719 | 9.2 | |||
| SNP | Bobby Rae | 715 | 9.2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Independent | Ian Murdoch | 587 | 7.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 493 | 6.3 | |||
| Independent | Gerard Langan | 377 | 4.8 | |||
References
- "Declaration of Results Report North Coast and Cumbraes" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report North Coast and Cumbraes" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- Councillor Alex McLean, North Ayrshire Council, 6 August 2014 (archived version, 2014)
- "North Coast and Cumbraes by-election, 2014". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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